HTML5 / Web Apps

Reach more customers - take your Web apps mobile

Publish Web apps for Amazon Fire devices

Amazon Fire tablets, Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Fire TV Stick all support HTML5 Web apps. With our Web App Starter Kit, creating simple media-oriented apps has never been easier. This open-source project includes an example user interface designed for the 10-foot user experience, support for the Amazon Fire TV remote control, and sample components developers can use to create and customize their own media app.

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The Amazon Appstore accepts packaged HTML5 Web apps

The Amazon Mobile App Distribution program enables you to distribute packaged HTML5 Web apps. Submit a zip file containing the resources for your web apps and have Amazon offer that app across mobile devices to reach millions of Amazon Appstore customers in 236 countries and territories around the globe. Build apps without having to worry about operational and hosting costs and take advantage of the fast startup performance and offline functionality previously available only to native apps. Get started by testing your packaged Web app using the updated Web App Tester. Learn more »

Amazon Web apps take advantage of responsive web design and run your existing mobile website as an app. Since Web apps are based on your existing code, any changes to your mobile website are automatically reflected in the Amazon Web app. There is no longer a need to create a separate mobile application with separate content from your website.

App testing

The Web App Tester, installed on Amazon Fire tablets and Android devices, allows you to run your mobile website as an application, in real time, while coding and debugging. There’s no need to compile or create a new application. Simply enter your URL in the Web App Tester, and Amazon builds an app around it. Because Web apps are also based on the popular open source Chromium project, you can utilize the same Chrome Dev Tools you use for your existing websites today to debug.

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Apps & Games Services SDKs

Download our free Apps and Games Services SDKs to access a range of APIs and services to earn more revenue, engage your audience, manage your apps, and more.

The Apps and Games Services SDKs include the following packages: Mobile Ads, Amazon Drive, In-App Purchasing, Device Messaging (Fire OS only), Login with Amazon, and Maps (Fire OS only). Some SDKs may not be supported on all platforms.